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25 April 2026

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Jul 14, 2016 — &
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Heather Hurlburt and Daniel Drezner discuss our tendency to assume former military personnel make strong political leaders.

Jul 14, 2016 — &
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Meditation teacher Kenneth Folk explains why seeing the roots of our biases is both useful and difficult. Plus: Meta-okayness.

Jul 13, 2016 — &
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Philosopher Cristina Bicchieri analyzes entrenched traditions such as genital mutilation.

Jul 13, 2016 — &
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Daniel Kaufman and Massimo Pigliucci consider whether personal preferences outweigh reason when judging philosophical arguments. Plus: Has philosophy gotten “better”?

Jul 12, 2016 — &
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Criminologist and former police officer Peter Moskos discusses ways to decrease the rate of fatal police shootings.

Jul 12, 2016 — &
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Robert Wright and Daniel Kaufman consider the ways in which humanity has—and has not—made moral progress. Plus: Is it okay to kill a zombie?

Jul 12, 2016 — &
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Bill Scher argues that scandal-mongering rarely pays off. Plus: Our diminishing trust in law enforcement.

Jul 11, 2016 — &
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Culturally Determined

Helen Andrews argues that elite universities hurt the nation by hoovering up “local talent.”

Jul 10, 2016 — &
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Meditation teacher Kenneth Folk, who claims to be enlightened, explains how that feels.

Jul 9, 2016 — &
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Glenn Loury argues that we shouldn’t frame police reform as a race-based issue.

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